The Great International Chicken Wing Society Cook-off

Friday, August 23 — Sunday, August 25 • 2013

The original 12th annual Great International Chicken Wing Society Cook-Off is pleased to announce new cookers this year:

• Jazz-A Louisiana Kitchen, located on Scheels Drive in the Sparks Marina, is coming on board with an exciting new sauce.• A cooker from the Kalin Valley in Oahu, Hawaii will be sharing his wings from his booth, the Aloha Shack.• There will be a new entrant from Las Vegas, the Wing King, who has over sixty different sauces.

Annual returnee cookers include:

• OnStreet Concessions from Sparks is back with their trophy-winning Parmesan Garlic Sauce.• Gourmet-to-Go Catering is back in the hunt.• The trophy-winning Red Neck BBQ from Reno.• An annual returnee vendor, Tropic Hut, has decided to get in the game as a cooker this year.

If interested in being a Chicken Hawk ("taster"), be sure to get to the Hen House early on the first day of the cook-off, Friday, August 23rd to sign up and get a chance to try free wings.

Come celebrate summer and enjoy the finest chicken wings from a wide variety of vendors, live music and entertainment, and an Artist Craft Faire. Awards for the best chicken wing cooks will take place on Sunday, August 25 at 2 pm. The event will take place daily from 10 am – 8 pm in the Atlantis West Parking Lot. For more information, please call 775.233.4757.